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    • lilbudL
      lilbud @CodeDrawer
      last edited by

      @CodeDrawer To quote Robin Williams

      Could be tomorrow, could be 10,000 years from now

      Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

      Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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      • CodeDrawerC
        CodeDrawer
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        @lilbud I like that quote.

        N64 emulation is the next step :)

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        • ?
          A Former User
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          So do I.

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          • CodeDrawerC
            CodeDrawer
            last edited by

            @itsnitro so is this a theme, or a whole new front end?

            N64 emulation is the next step :)

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            • lilbudL
              lilbud @CodeDrawer
              last edited by lilbud

              @CodeDrawer Completely new frontend that will finally nail the coffin on EmulationStation

              Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

              Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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              • CodeDrawerC
                CodeDrawer
                last edited by

                Nice! @lilbud that probably will win!

                N64 emulation is the next step :)

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                • ?
                  A Former User
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                  Emulation Station is dead.

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                  • CodeDrawerC
                    CodeDrawer
                    last edited by

                    @itsnitro Really? Why?

                    N64 emulation is the next step :)

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                    • ?
                      A Former User
                      last edited by

                      well, not dead, but RetroPie is going to because 1. We've got Pegasus. 2. PEGASUS

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                      • CodeDrawerC
                        CodeDrawer
                        last edited by

                        So how do I put pony on my retropie?

                        N64 emulation is the next step :)

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                        • ?
                          A Former User
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                          You're gonna have to ask @fluffypillow for that cause I know nothing about that.

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                          • CodeDrawerC
                            CodeDrawer
                            last edited by

                            OK.

                            N64 emulation is the next step :)

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                            • meleuM
                              meleu @A Former User
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                              @itsnitro said in Announcing Pegasus Frontend:

                              Emulation Station is dead.

                              I've never see EmulationStation more active then it has being lately.

                              Why are you saying that?

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                              • lilbudL
                                lilbud @meleu
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                                @meleu Probably because Pegasus will crush ES in terms of performance, support, features, etc.

                                Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                • meleuM
                                  meleu @lilbud
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                                  @lilbud "probably", "will"... I'm very excited about pegasus too, but it's very early to say that ES is dead.

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                                  • CodeDrawerC
                                    CodeDrawer
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                                    I want flying space pony! :-D

                                    N64 emulation is the next step :)

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                                    • fluffypillowF
                                      fluffypillow
                                      last edited by fluffypillow

                                      Okay, here it is, release alpha2! I'd like to stress that this is an alpha version, it's INCOMPLETE, some features are missing, while others may not work at all. It's here only for those "early adopter" kind of people who want to experiment with integrating it into their setup. This is not for general use yet.

                                      Rasperry Pi

                                      Downloads: Pi 1/0, Pi 2/3

                                      Just extract the ZIP somewhere and run the file (recommended install location: /opt/pegasus-frontend/). The data files and most used libraries are build into the binary.

                                      Requirements:

                                      • tested on Debian Jessie
                                      • SDL2 (libsdl2-2.0-0) (preinstalled on RetroPie, but probably not on regular Debian)
                                      • libinput (libinput10)
                                      • for video playback, you'll also need gstreamer1.0-alsa, probably gstreamer1.0-omx, and depending on the media format of your videos, one or more of the plugin packages: gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly (for me, bad worked well for my H264 encoded videos, but I've installed all of them just in case)
                                      • Pegasus requires at least 128 MB VRAM, but 256 MB is recommended

                                      Known issues:

                                      • Sometimes video playback may freeze the program
                                      • PS3 controllers may not work without xboxdrv (running sudo xboxdrv --detach-kernel-driver --mimic-xpad -s before should fix it; this is a Qt issue)
                                      • Launching games does not work correctly, because Pegasus has some problems with runcommand. I'll start debugging this the next week.

                                      Desktop Linux (X11)

                                      Download: 64-bit Linux/X11

                                      Extract and run, just like on the Pi.

                                      Requirements:

                                      • a Linux distro from the past 3 years (in practice, Ubuntu 14.04 or later)
                                      • SDL2 (libsdl2-2.0-0)
                                      • GStreamer is usually preinstalled on many distros, but in case it isn't, follow the Pi guide above (except gstreamer1.0-omx)

                                      Windows

                                      There are two Windows releases, one was built using Visual Studio (MSVC), and the other using the open source GCC toolchain (MinGW). In theory, there should be no performance difference, but I haven't tested them throughly.

                                      Download: MinGW, MSVC

                                      Extract the ZIP somewhere, and run pegasus-fe.exe. If you're using the MSVC version on an older Windows, and get missing MSVCxxx DLLs, install the included vcredist.exe.

                                      Requirements:

                                      • tested on Windows 7, but it may work even on XP, and someone confirmed running it on 10
                                      • it should "just work"
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                                      • fluffypillowF
                                        fluffypillow
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                                        Also in before the thread turns into a flame war, as someone who also worked on ES2 (for a very short time), I do respect the work of you guys. There haven't been much progress on it for years before, so it's nice to see it getting some activity and even new features.

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                                        • fluffypillowF
                                          fluffypillow
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                                          Ps. the issue/feature tracker is here: https://github.com/mmatyas/pegasus-frontend/issues, feel free to report issues here or there.

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                                            jdrassa @fluffypillow
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                                            @fluffypillow as someone who has been contributing to ES2 lately, personally I am very excited for Pegasus. I plan to try it out soon and whenever you are ready for some contributions, I will be happy to help.

                                            Get latest build of EmulationStation for Windows here

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